Healthe-Health

Regions' e-Health

AER e-He@lth network

E-health refers to the use of modern information and communication technologies to meet the needs of citizens, patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare providers, as well as policy makers.

Why e-He@lth?

  • Higher quality of medical services
  • Increased transparency in health care
  • Save time and money
  • More reliable diagnosis and treatment
  • Especially adapted to the need of an ageing society

Who do we want to work with?

  • Regional authorities : politicians and officers
  • Medical personnel
  • IT experts within regions and medical institutions
  • IT companies
  • Universities with established expertise in IT development

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Latest e-He@lth news

AER eHe@lth network Seminar: 25 September 2008, Nittwil (Luzern-CH)

Overcoming the legal challenges to ehealth

 This seminar will discuss the legal challenges regions encounter in developing ehealth policies and will alow regions to learn from each other's successes and setbacks on how to overcome these.

For further information and to register, please click here.


AER e-He@lth Newsletter

The March 2008 edition of our newsletter "What's new Committee 2?" is dedicated to e-Health.
Learn about the latest developments in ehealth and upcoming events! 
(Note: accessible to AER members only. Please log in to download)

AER events on e-he@lth

Ministerial e-Health Conference, 6-7 May 2008, Portorož (SL)

At the invitation of the European Commission (DG Information Society) the AER's delegation participated in the  eHealth Ministerial Conference, which was exclusively addressed to national governments of the EU Member States.
The theme of the Conference was:
'eHealth Without Frontiers'.


The AER delegations to the Conference have provided the briefing notes for the AER's members. To consult them click here (please notice that only AER's Members have an access).


Ehealth Network Meeting: 11 April 2008, Vienna (A)

This working meeting allowed participants to:
- tell other regions what they are currently working on in ehealth
- inform us of their future priorities in ehealth
- discuss with other regions possible cooperation and funding opportunities, find partners or join projects

The outcomes of the meeting and the presentations made are available on the event page - please click here.


E-health during the Open Days 2007

The region of Norrbotten (S), in cooperation with the AER and DG SANCO, organised a workshop during the Open Days 2007 entitled "Fostering cross-border cooperation for healthcare and accessibility to health services" (Wednesday 10 October, 17:00-19:00).


Network meeting: 30 March 2007, Pécs (Baranya, H)

The aim of this meeting was to discuss and develop the activities of the AER e-health network and to allow regions to update each other on developments in their projects.

For further information on this meeting and the agenda, please click here.


AER e-he@lth network launch & ehe@lth seminar

The AER e-he@lth network was launched with a seminar on e-health, held in Brussels on 15 February 2007.

For further information on this event, including access to the contributions and the project proposals presented, please click here.


E-health: around the clock care for everyone, everywhere

Organised jointly by the AER and the County Council of Norrbotten (S) in June 2006, this conference highlighted the potential of e-health not only to improve the management and delivery of health services, but also to contribute to a region's overall economic development and competitiveness.

For further information on this event and access to the presentations that were made, please click here.
Related Documents & Links

Draft Recommendation on E-health Interoperability

The European Commission has published a draft recommendation on e-health interoperability. You can download the AER Contribution as adopted by the General Assembly in Udine (FVG-I) on 8. November 2007 below.

Further information is available on the Commission website - please click here.

AER Contribution to the Draft Recommendation on e-health interoperability
Draft Recommendation on e-health interoperability

For further information on the European Commission's activities in e-health, please click here.

For information on funding opportunities under the EC FP7, including calls for proposals, please click here.

 
 
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